Nick Saban doesn’t plan on fading quietly into retirement. Instead, the 74-year-old coaching legend is bringing his blueprint for building winning organizations to the NHL after purchasing a minority stake in the Nashville Predators alongside longtime business partner Joe Agresti.

Speaking at a press conference Monday, Saban outlined exactly how he plans to contribute. It won’t involve drawing up power-play schemes.

“What does it take to be a successful organization process?” Saban stated. “How you bring players to a team, how you manage the organization from a financial standpoint. … How do you successfully get people in the organization to work together — the kind of leadership that that takes.”

Continuing, Saban described himself as a “transformational leader,” emphasizing relationships, accountability and setting an example. Those principles that defined his dynastic run in college football.

“How do you help somebody have the best chance to be successful?” Saban added. “Which is what we would want every person in this organization to do, is have the best chance to be all they can be.”

Predators chairman and majority owner Bill Haslam announced the move last week. We welcomed Saban and Agresti into the Dream Sports Ventures LLC minority ownership group.

“I am really looking forward to having Coach Nick Saban and Joe Agresti as a part of our ownership group,” Haslam said in a team release. “Coach is one of the all-time greats in college football history and one of the winningest coaches in all of sports.”

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Saban revealed he has already begun engaging with the organization. Including visits to the front office and speaking with players and coaches, and even challenging the franchise’s AAA affiliate during a mini camp.

“I challenged the team to be a team that nobody wants to play against,” Saban stated. “That was always our goal with Alabama. The toughness, the disposition you go out there and compete with. Those are things I’d like to continue to do.”

It all falls in line with what Saban said last week, as he expanded on his new role during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. He admitted his hockey knowledge has limits, but his understanding of successful organizations does not.

“I love hockey,” Saban explained. “I don’t know enough about hockey to really coach anyone how to play it, but I know enough about successful organizations that hopefully can contribute something to the organization in a positive way.”

Alas, Saban and Agresti have been business partners since 2013, building an empire that includes Dream Motor Group and multiple luxury car dealerships across the Southeast, including several in the Nashville area.

For Saban, who grew up in rural West Virginia as the son of a service-station owner, the Predators investment represents yet another chapter in a remarkable climb. One now fueled by championships and a familiar obsession with winning.

— On3’s Daniel Hager contributed to this article.